Saudi Prince Mohammad optimistic about F-35 deal

[The SC]

I see absolutely no reason for Saudiya not to get the F-35. She's been one of the top US economic partners for over half a century. What's the first country visited by firstly elected US presidents the last 3 times, or more?

The days of Israel taking temper tantrums are over. Ba- bye.

Not only get them, but get them in huge numbers AND, at a very reasonable price. No more top dollar rates, considering all the recent arms purchases.

$65 million per AC for 110 aircraft of the next batch that will have more of the bugs worked out (with an option for 100 more), 10 simulators, the entire package of weapons, training pilots and maintenance and a commitment to upgrade the software as it progresses in time.

Try to negotiate for the C model as it appears that will be the better of the trio.
This will ruffle some people's feathers, lol. @The SC

A few of the B V/STOL will also be nice to have..
The problem is, This is the first time I see KSA wanting the F-35..it has never showed any interest for the plane before.. hope the news is real!.. KSA do not operate any single engine fighter, that is another problem..but that can be compensated by the huge power of the F-35 engine..So there are pros and cons.. but in the end short of being able to get the F-22 or the Chinese J-20.. the F-35 seems to be a very good option.. And who doesn't want to get such a sophisticated stealth fighter anyway?

 

[My-Analogous]

KSA, China and Pakistan. If these three united then World will be change in a blink of an eye. Now there is big IF

 

[The SC]

KSA, China and Pakistan. If these three united then World will be change in a blink of an eye. Now there is big IF

There is no IF brother, they ARE united and better yet..on a strategic level..it is just that results do not show in a blink of an eye, they take some time..

 

[SQ8]

Saudi and Israelis are now pretty much comfortable closet allies, I little or no objection to the deal other than from some evangelical nutjobs in Congress.

 

[LeGenD]

Israel is front-and-center of US Middle East policy, no matter how much Saudi Arabia spends on buying US military equipment, past or present. Every sale to an Arab country in the Middle East has an Israeli stamp of approval on it. Truth be told, there is genuine bipartisan love for Israel in Washington. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, not so much. They are merely tolerated.

As for Saudi Arabia acquiring the F-35, this will happen...and they will pay top dollar. The Saudis always do.

This is not true.

Saudi-US relations have its own significance and importance. Saudi are very pragmatic and business-oriented people; much like Israel in this regard.

 

[cloud4000]

This is not true.

Saudi-US relations have its own significance and importance. Saudi are very pragmatic and business-oriented people; much like Israel in this regard.

I agree Saudi-US have their own special relationship, but it's not as close as Israeli-US relationship.

 

[Dr. Abdul Basit]

If KSA directs The half of the amount it is spending on defence purchases to R&D, i think in near future they may be able to get rid of more than half of the purchases by establishing local development

 

[The SC]

If KSA directs The half of the amount it is spending on defence purchases to R&D, i think in near future they may be able to get rid of more than half of the purchases by establishing local development

That is exactly what they are doing.. are you aware of the Saudi vision 2030? if not it will be a good read.. even here on PDF you can find a lot of sources concerning the vision 2030 of KSA..

 

[Aasimkhan]

If that is the case, then RSAF's strength will be quite substantial..

Saudi pilots are not capable of handling such fine machines.

 

[Full Moon]

Saudi pilots are not capable of handling such fine machines.

Point taken. Anything else to troll about Sir?

 

[My-Analogous]

There is no IF brother, they ARE united and better yet..on a strategic level..it is just that results do not show in a blink of an eye, they take some time..

IF means (Western power+Israel and few others) so lets hope we come out from this IF

 

[Aasimkhan]

Point taken. Anything else to troll about Sir?

It is not troll, i have many Saudi students, unfortunately none of them was ready to work. We used to give them exaggerated reports so that "brotherly relations" between brotherly nations are not effected.

What good is an f35 if you have to bomb poor Yemini Muslims ?

 

[My-Analogous]

Saudi pilots are not capable of handling such fine machines.

That is harsh comments. They are fine people and can handle any situation.

 

[Aasimkhan]

That is harsh comments. They are fine people and can handle any situation.

If you are so good why dont you liberate Al Quds? Why are you spreading hatred in Islamic world in the name of Wahabism ? You will use these weapons on poor helpless Muslims of Yemen and now Qatar.

 

[Mootaz-khelifi]

i think it's impossible because that fighter is the pride of the us industry and it stealth multi-role fighter and i don't thing that they will give it because they are lobbied by israel so i don't think that israel will allow a nation to have weapons threat them